Hat-pin protector.



A. E. TODD.

HAT PIN PRIOTEGTOR. APPLICATION I'ILBD JAN. 2, 1913.

1,076,720. Patented 0ct. 28,1913.

E'TOQG l TTORNE r COLUMBI A PLANOGRAPH CO.,WASHINGTON. D4 c.

ANNA. E. T9131), OF GRANGE, NE'W HAT-PIN ERO'IECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 2, 1913. Serial No. 739,695.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA E. TODD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Protectors; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to hat pin point protectors or fenders adapted to be positioned over the point of a pin to reliably protect the latter to prevent injury to persons coming in contact with the wearer.

My invention further relates to devices to be employed for securing the protecting sheath to the hat of the wearer, thereby lessening the possibility of loss thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a view showing my invention applied to use upon the hat and head of a person. Fig. 2 is a side elevation view of a pin having one of my protecting devices secured thereon. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional View of a portion of the pin and protector therefor. Fig. 4: is a detail view of the point of the pin. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the securing device for the protector.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, wherein similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates a hat pin of the ordinary construction having a head 2 at one end and the opposite end 3 pointed. The pointed end 3 is preferably formed with a plurality of peripheral grooves or corrugations a. The pin may or may not be formed with these corrugations, as my securing device is equally adaptable to pins of the ordinary construction having a plane surface.

The protecting device 5 is formed of a resilient material such as cork and is ornamentally covered to present a neat appearance. Embedded within the cork 5 is a plurality of concentrically arranged disks 6 having openings therein of different diameters. The disks having the smaller openings therein are spaced apart by similar disks having larger openings therein. The disks 6 are preferably formed of re silient and elastic material such as rubber, and the disks having the smaller openings therein are adapted to be seated within the grooves t in the pin 1 when the point of the latter is inserted within the protecting devlce.

I As seen in Fig. 2, the body of the protector 1s provided at both ends of the series of disks with a bore alining with the smaller openings in the disks, the inner end of the bore being pointed to receive the point of the pin. The bore may be of a slightly smaller diameter than the pin so that the cork will coact with the disks in retaining the pin, by frictionally engaging the latter. As before stated, it is not entirely necessary that the pin be provided with the grooves l but it is apparent that the protecting device will be more securely retained thereon when such grooves are employed.

To insure against loss of the protecting device, I provide a strip of elastic material 7 having secured to the opposite ends thereof wires 8, formed of soft metal and adapted to be secured about the protector at one end and at the opposite end to the hat of the wearer. It will be understood that the securing device 7 may also be employed for securing the hat pin to the hat, the elastic strip permitting the wearer to remove and insert the pin without detaching the securing device.

To present a uniform appearance at the end of the pin opposite from the protector, I provide a covering 9, similar in shape and material to the protector 5.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided a reliable device for protecting the point of a hat pin and additional means for insuring such protecting device against loss.

What I claim is 1. A hat pin protector providing a body portion, comprising material adapted to be pierced by and to grip, a hat pin, and a plurality of disks embedded in said body and spaced from each other and from the ends of said body, said disks and body adapted to receive a hat pin point therethrough for protecting the same, the outer end of said body beyond said disks being solid, the point of said pin lying wholly within the solid portion and embraced thereby.

2. A hat pin protector providing an elongated body portion, comprising material adapted to be pierced by and to grip, a hat pin, a series of resilient disks spaced from each other and from the ends of said body portion and secured in said body portion,

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said disks having alining openings therein within the solid portion and embraced 10 for the reception of a hat pin, and said body thereby.

portion provided with a bore therein at both In testimony whereof I have signed my ends of said series for the reception of a hat name to this specification in the presence of pin, whereby lateral pressure will not distwo subscribing witnesses.

lodge said protector from a pin, and means ANNA E. TODD. for attaching the protector to a hat, the outer Witnesses:

end of said body beyond said disks being ELLEN T. BURKE,

solid, the point of said pin lying wholly ANNA MARY HOPKINS.

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